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Rvrste001: /* Wget */

2009-09-14T10:43:42Z

Wget

Rvrste001: /* Proxies */

2009-09-14T10:43:28Z

Proxies

Rvrste001: /* Proxies */

2009-09-14T10:42:50Z

Proxies

Rvrste001: /* Quota */

2009-09-14T10:42:17Z

Quota

Rvrste001: /* Quota */

2009-09-14T10:41:48Z

Quota

Rvrste001 at 10:41, 14 September 2009

2009-09-14T10:41:36Z

Rvrste001 at 10:37, 14 September 2009

2009-09-14T10:37:47Z

Rvrste001: proxy hints

2009-09-14T10:36:01Z

proxy hints

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== Proxies ==

While Firefox is configured to use the normal UCT Wpad configuration, this doesn't work with most Linux programs, as they don't support NTLM authentication.
Each TSL machine has a [http://www.leg.uct.ac.za/howtos/use-isa-proxies CNTLM proxy] running on `localhost:8080`. It's configured in NTLM2Basic mode - many programs *can* use basic authentication.

Some programs, like Epiphany, will prompt you to enter a proxy username and password.
Others, will just throw an error.

So, you can either configure your UCT Username and Password under System -> Preferences -> Network Proxy -> Details (don't worry - it only applies to your user) or you can choose "Direct Connection" and only access on-campus resources.

== Wget ==

Create a file called `.wgetrc`:
proxy-user=ABCDEF001
proxy-password=secret-password

== Pidgin ==

* Configure your accounts to use "No Proxy"
or
* choose "Gnome Proxy Settings" and configure your GNOME username and password as described [[#Proxies|above]].

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 While Firefox is configured to use the normal UCT Wpad configuration, this doesn't work with most Linux programs, as they don't support NTLM authentication.
-Each TSL machine has a [http://www.leg.uct.ac.za/howtos/use-isa-proxies CNTLM proxy] running on <code>localhost:8080</code>. It's configured in NTLM2Basic mode - many programs 'can' use basic authentication.
+Each TSL machine has a [http://www.leg.uct.ac.za/howtos/use-isa-proxies CNTLM proxy] running on <code>localhost:8080</code>. It's configured in NTLM2Basic mode - many programs '''can''' use basic authentication.
 Some programs, like Epiphany, will prompt you to enter a proxy username and password.

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 == Quota ==
-Every user has a 50MiB quota. To see if you are approaching your quota, open a terminal and run `quota`:
+Every user has a 50MiB quota. To see if you are approaching your quota, open a terminal and run <code>quota</code>:
   $ quota
   Disk quotas for user abcdef001 (uid 1000):
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 The numbers you want to look at are the first two. This example shows 49880/51200 = 97% used.
-If you see an `*` next to one of the numbers then you are over quota and programs will start throwing weird errors.
+If you see an <code>*</code> next to one of the numbers then you are over quota and programs will start throwing weird errors.
 == Proxies ==

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 == Quota ==
-Every user has a 50MiB quota. To see if you are approaching your quota, open a terminal and run:
+Every user has a 50MiB quota. To see if you are approaching your quota, open a terminal and run `quota`:
   $ quota
   Disk quotas for user abcdef001 (uid 1000):

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	You can access your F Drive through [http://netstorage.uct.ac.za/ NetStorage].		You can access your F Drive through [http://netstorage.uct.ac.za/ NetStorage].
		+
		+	== Quota ==
		+
		+	Every user has a 50MiB quota. To see if you are approaching your quota, open a terminal and run:
		+	$ quota
		+	Disk quotas for user abcdef001 (uid 1000):
		+	Filesystem blocks quota limit grace files quota limit grace
		+	tsl.uct.ac.za:/home
		+	49880 51200 52224 910 5120 5222
		+
		+	The numbers you want to look at are the first two. This example shows 49880/51200 = 97% used.
		+	If you see an `*` next to one of the numbers then you are over quota and programs will start throwing weird errors.

	== Proxies ==		== Proxies ==

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		+	== Your F Drive ==
		+
		+	You can access your F Drive through [http://netstorage.uct.ac.za/ NetStorage].
		+
	== Proxies ==		== Proxies ==

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 == Wget ==
-Create a file called `.wgetrc`:
+Create a file called <code>.wgetrc</code>:
   proxy-user=ABCDEF001
   proxy-password=secret-password